Probably, but somehow they had already been introduced and someone had to run and put out the fires from the lack of an explanation. Too little information and a lot of confused people is a bad thing for any new tech, people will get prejudiced based on nothing

We are looking into BTC to see whether it is something we are comfortable with on OCN.

They shut down the thread cus they want to read up on it or something lolOCN is filled with stupidity like this. I don't know how there are so many fuckin' idiots in one place. Glad I don't visit the site much

Seriously though, OCN is a decent site for getting help with some stuff, but a good example was every time I asked for help, I got 2-3 helpful replies, and 30 other replies talking about stuff totally unrelated to my question. No joke.

Yea. I've seen 2 other threads this week, one mentioned above. And ppl either don't give a f*ck what Bitcoin is or they can read the documentation. They're just investing on mtgox or buying mining rigs and they're happy with it.

We are looking into BTC to see whether it is something we are comfortable with on OCN.

They shut down the thread cus they want to read up on it or something lolOCN is filled with stupidity like this. I don't know how there are so many fuckin' idiots in one place. Glad I don't visit the site much

Seriously though, OCN is a decent site for getting help with some stuff, but a good example was every time I asked for help, I got 2-3 helpful replies, and 30 other replies talking about stuff totally unrelated to my question. No joke.

You think this is bad you should have seen the aussie thread about bitcoin on our largest tech and internet related site. For people who claim to like technology they are pretty much luddites when it comes to bitcoin.

This is what I've experienced as well. I would think people see "revolution", instead they see "scam". I wonder what this says about society? Probably nothing.

To be fair, at first glance Bitcoin *does* seem like a bit of a scam, especially if it's introduced in the "use CPU cycles to generate free money!" stance. It's only once you realize that its purpose is to be an alternate currency, not a pyramid-based get-rich-quick scheme, that you truly appreciate it for what it is. It only takes a tiny bit of reading to get to this point, but let's face it, the majority of the people involved here (gamers) don't exactly have the attention span to really care. And honestly, I'm okay with that. They're not ready for it, and so we shouldn't try to force it upon them.

I suspect that mentions of bitcoin in the economics (Jerry Brito's article, which is what got me into bitcoin, being perhaps the best example of this) and "black market" publications (e.g. this thread at MajorWager) are generally going to do much more for advocacy than mentions in tech publications (especially in those that have a large layperson based as opposed to, say, slashdot).

What do you guys expect? The average economics forum lurker sees Bitcoin as a scam at first glance. What is left for gamers, an audience that has no experience in economics nor the tech involved in Bitcoin.

What OCN has "Upper management"? ... they are hardly big enough to have any management, what pompous, self-important know-nothings.

Longtime OCN member here. OCN has gone down the shitter the past couple of years. The new moderators are just god awful. They will give you infractions and close threads just for not agreeing with you or saying something simple like "stupid". It's beyond ridiculous. The management is killing the site basically.

I found out about bitcoin from that thread though, so I'm glad someone put it up. There are a lot of idiots at OCN though, more beyond belief. But then there are some people really skillful with computers and some powerful systems.

What OCN has "Upper management"? ... they are hardly big enough to have any management, what pompous, self-important know-nothings.

Longtime OCN member here. OCN has gone down the shitter the past couple of years. The new moderators are just god awful. They will give you infractions and close threads just for not agreeing with you or saying something simple like "stupid". It's beyond ridiculous. The management is killing the site basically.

I found out about bitcoin from that thread though, so I'm glad someone put it up. There are a lot of idiots at OCN though, more beyond belief. But then there are some people really skillful with computers and some powerful systems.

What OCN has "Upper management"? ... they are hardly big enough to have any management, what pompous, self-important know-nothings.

Longtime OCN member here. OCN has gone down the shitter the past couple of years. The new moderators are just god awful. They will give you infractions and close threads just for not agreeing with you or saying something simple like "stupid". It's beyond ridiculous. The management is killing the site basically.

I found out about bitcoin from that thread though, so I'm glad someone put it up. There are a lot of idiots at OCN though, more beyond belief. But then there are some people really skillful with computers and some powerful systems.

Agreed - and I used to be a mod! (For gameservers, but I digress)

Maybe we should start a new OCN...

Yup, I've seen you around a lot SgtSpike. I'm on a different name here though